One of NYC's most famous '90s go-go boys, Mark Allen, chats with Paper about his OMG-yes-OMG-no encounter with Madonna back in the day, his approach to cancer and his advice to today's hot pieces.

That, plus more hot links of the day, including Trump's ongoing anti-gay battles, Roy Moore's utter inhumanity, a hot new Cumming/Stone show and those troubling Harvey Weinstein allegations ...

Mark Allen circa 2010 (Image by Mark Allen)

Paper: His face and tush were all over NYC 25 years ago. Now a filmmaker, he reflects on his career as a pretty young thang: I did one porn magazine. One thing I never did was prostitute myself. A lot of go-go boys become hustlers, but just like I never did drugs, I never hustled. I had three ex boyfriends that hustled in the '90s — they have houses, another has a gallery, they went to college. They all met rich men--they're like Melania Trump. People ask, “What do you regret?” I have an impulse to say, “I regret not having been a prostitute.”

Twitter: How nice! The NRA concedes that bump stocks should be regulated. But it does so only in the context of blaming Obama for them.

NRA: “The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations.” pic.twitter.com/Yd29FaAdHr

ABC News: Trump is nominating Sam Brownback as a roving ambassador for religious freedom (ha!), a man who has worked to void all gay protections in the workplace. That's right in step with the Administration's belief — and legal argument — that gay people should NOT have job security; Trump literally wants any business to be able to fire us for being gay. And yet there are still gays for Trump.

CNN: Roy Moore could easily be the next senator from Alabama. He has shared outrageously inflammatory memes and information, and has praised Russia's criminalization of homosexuality.

Stone & Cumming in Battle of the Sexes (Fox Searchlight)

Club Cumming: Check out an evening of song, dance and surprises with Emma Stone and Alan Cumming at his newly launched Club Cumming on October 21 in NYC. No telling what the Battle of the Sexes co-star will get up to. (My review of their film here.)

NYT: Bummer — Miramax and The Weinstein Company producer Harvey Weinstein has been revealed as a serial sexual harasser. After a New York Times piece detailing alleged abuses and settlements, including an incident in which he propositioned Ashley Judd, Weinstein has apologized and taken a leave of absence. He told The Times: I appreciate the way I’ve behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain, and I sincerely apologize for it. Though I’m trying to do better, I know I have a long way to go. Note: He does dispute some of the allegations, and is reportedly consulting with lawyers over how to address those.

The Imitation Game (2014) is just one of more than 100 films with which Weinstein has been associated. (Image via Weinstein)